Nutrition
A condition in which the intestinal mucosa is unable to absorb nutrients, resulting in nutrients being excreted in the stool.
What is Malabsorption?
What is polyuria?
The outermost layer of the skin.
What is the epidermis?
This cranial nerve's main function is to provide sensory to the nose for smell.
What is the olfactory nerve (I)?
Difficulty speaking or understanding speech.
What is aphasia?
A vitamin is administered to newborns to help with their immature liver function and to aid in coagulation.
What is Vitamin K?
Medication is used to increase urine formation by preventing the reabsorption of water and electrolytes from the kidney's tubules into the bloodstream.
What are diuretics?
Cells that detect light touch, especially in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.
What are Merkel cells?
The test is performed with a tuning fork that is vibrated and placed against the mastoid bone, and the client is asked to identify when they are unable to hear the sound.
What is the Rinne Test?
The most common variant of color blindness is the inability to distinguish between these two colors.
What is red and green?
Involuntary muscle contractions that occur throughout the digestive system that move food along the pathway to be digested.
What is peristalsis?
The amount of urine (mL) needed to stimulate the bladder in an adult.
What is between 250 mL and 450 mL?
Fluid consists of plasma that is secreted by the body during the inflammatory phase of healing.
What is exudate?
The number one cause of vision loss and blindness for clients over 65 years of age.
What is macular degeneration?
The Babinski reflex is normal through the age of.
What is the age of 2?
This organ filters toxins from the blood and produces bile that breaks down carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
What is the liver?
A urinary test that measures urine speed and volume.
What is uroflowmetry?
Wound exudate that is thin, watery, and mixed with blood.
What is serosanguineous?
The Cushing triad is a set of clinical signs/symptoms that indicate increasing ICP.
What are bradycardia, irregular respirations, and a widening pulse pressure?
This type of lesion is an elevated, irregular, darkened area of excessive scar tissue caused by excessive collagen formation during healing.
What is a keloid
A swallowing technique that involves the client to swallow, hold the swallow for 2–3 seconds, complete the swallow, and then relax.
What is the Mendelsohn maneuver?
A tool/chart that can be used to describe the different consistencies of stool.
What is the The Bristol Stool Chart?
The most common causative agent of superficial surgical site infections (SSIs)?
What is Staphylococcus aureus bacterium?
What is the Brudzinski and Kernig sign?
These two cells are responsible for producing the pigment melanin.
What are keratinocytes and melanocytes?